Pedro Oscar Mayorga, former FEI Honorary Vice President and Bureau Member, passed away peacefully on 6 January 2014 surrounded by his family at home in Buenos Aires. He was 93. A Jumping rider, an Olympian, a chef d’équipe, and an official at the highest level of the sport, Mayorga was the longest serving FEI Bureau […]
Peter Stoessel, long-time president of CSIO5* St Gallen and successful Swiss businessman, passed away on December 26, 2013 after a short illness. He was 69. Born in 1944, Stoessel completed his higher education at the internationally renowned University of St Gallen in 1970 and entered Switzerland’s high-class department store Globus as a personal assistant to […]
Martien van den Heuvel, former President of the Royal Dutch Equestrian Federation (KNHS), passed away on January 2, 2014. He was 73. A former member of the FEI Finance and Nominations Committees, Martien van den Heuvel was awarded the Golden Pin and also made an honorary member of the KNHS in recognition of his many […]
Germany’s Daniel Deusser produced a fabulous performance from Cornet d’Amour to win the sixth leg of the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping 2013/2014 Western European League series at Mechelen, Belgium today. From a starting field of 40, only four horse-and-rider combinations found the key to Lucien Somers’ tough first-round track. But the 32-year-old rider and […]
Dutchman Maikel van der Vleuten followed in his father’s footsteps when winning this afternoon’s thrilling Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Western European League 2013/2014 qualifier at Olympia in London. The hugely popular British fixture is always filled with Christmas cheer, and with host nation riders on an all-time high at the moment there were great […]
Great Britain’s Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro smashed the Freestyle world record with a breathtaking winning performance at the London International Horse Show in Olympia with a score of 93.975%. The result provides the 28-year-old rider and her mighty steed with the full set of world records for the sport of Dressage. Double-gold medallists on home […]
The FEI has launched its free FEI TV on the Go iPhone application to mark St Nicholas Day. The new app, available for download here, allows users to access a wealth of high quality video-on-demand content, including competition highlights, interviews with top-riders and equestrian lifestyle features, as well as stay up-to-date with the latest FEI […]
A total of four venues have put in bids to host the FEI World Cup™ Finals in 2017. London (GBR) and Omaha, Nebraska (USA) have applied to stage both the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping and the FEI World Cup™ Dressage Finals. The other two venues have put in bids to host just one Final, […]
It was smiles all round in Stockholm, Sweden today where Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven clinched victory in the Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage qualifier on home turf for the second year in a row. Riding the brilliant Don Auriello, the 46-year-old rider headed The Netherlands’ Edward Gal and the exciting Glock’s Voice, while the Dutch duo […]
James (Jim) Lavington Dunn, former Chairman of Equestrian Australia’s Eventing selectors, has passed away after a long illness. He was 67. Jim Dunn acted as Chef d’Equipe to the Australian Eventing team and his proudest moment was leading in his team to collect gold on home ground at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, a historic […]
